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How to Get In: University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Stephen M. Ross School of Business

What can you do to set yourself apart in your application? Admissions officials have the answers.

By U.S. News Staff

April 23, 2010 RSS Feed Print

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7. Can you give a brief description of the life cycle of an application? What's the timeline applicants should expect?

We have three application rounds. We recommend that applicants submit their applications as early as they can in the process, without sacrificing quality. Applications are reviewed by multiple readers; interviews are conducted by invitation only. Decisions are made by rounds; we do not have rolling admissions.

8. Which firms recruit heavily from your school? Which firms hire the highest percentage of your graduates?

We have a good mix of recruiters from a variety of functions/industries: consulting, marketing/brand, finance/banking, general management. The top hiring companies last year were:

Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Amazon.com

McKinsey & Company

Microsoft Corporation

Bain & Company, Inc.

Dell, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

A.T. Kearney, Inc.

The Boeing Company

Cisco Systems, Inc.

UBS AG

Booz & Company

9. What are some of the most common mistakes that applicants make that hurt their chances of being accepted?

Thinking that a high GMAT score and five years of full-time work experience will offset poorly written essays or an uncompelling reason for an M.B.A. Or thinking that they'll make up for what they lack in the application through a great interview. Someone with a weak essay won't be invited to the interview stage.

10. Can you describe the archetypal student for your school?

We pride ourselves on the diversity of our class, so there really isn't an archetype. In addition to someone's personal, academic, and professional achievements, we look for students with demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills, students who show passion for the things they do and have a track record of getting involved, students who will take advantage of the opportunities offered here and get engaged the school community.

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In my opinion the staff that chooses students are remiss in the duties. When one determines the criteria for 'selection' from all the candidates, isn't it to prepare students for the business world of tomorrow and to make sure they are 'diverse' in character, as well? Maybe the University of Michigan should just inform the students they are measuring with 'cookie cutters', so everyone will know they will be just the same as the last batch they have turned out.
After years of pursuing my son to enroll at UM, and having met (and exceeded) all the required criteria, Ross turned him down. I have nothing good to say about UM, their selection processes or any other part of their apparent dysfunction.
I will add that it is a major crime for a university to shut the doors on an intelligent, bright and inspiring young person; whatever the criteria might be.
It is a shame that this country continues to summarily cancel young people that have the potential to do so much good for humanity with it's stupid rules, and as you put it 'criteria for selection'.

Rhea D. McCauley of MI 3:28PM May 18, 2010